Nikephoros Katakalon Euphorbenos, son-in-law of Alexios I L XI / E XII
Νικηφόρος (Skoulatos 147, cf. Varzos 33-I.198) (Nikephoros 178)
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Narrative
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Death
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He died, widowing
Maria 146
, one of a series of blows to
Eirene 61
after the death of
Alexios 1
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.18-19
He is recorded among the deceased in the obituary of the Typikon of the Pantokrator monastery (October, 1136)
Pantokrator Typikon 226
Description
(3)
He was most reverent with regard to God, sweet and charming in his human relations
τὴν πρὸς Θεὸν εὐσέβειαν πολύς, τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἡδὺς καὶ μειλίχιος. Anna Komnene 289.66-67
If you saw him riding, you would not think him a Byzantine, but a Norman: that young man was a marvel on horseback - a natural genius
καὶ ἱππαζόμενον ἄν τις αὐτὸν εἰ ἐθεάσατο, οὐ ῾Ρωμαῖον εἴκασεν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ Νορμανόθεν ἥκειν. θαῦμα γὰρ ἦν ὁ νεανίσκος ἐκεῖνος ἐξιππαζόμενος καὶ ὄντως φιλοτίμημα φύσεως. Anna Komnene 289.63-66
He was one of the deceased members of
Ioannes 2
's family prescribed weekly commemoration on Saturdays in the obituary of the Pantokrator monastery
Pantokrator Typikon 226
Dignity/Office
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Panhypersebastos
πανυπερσέβαστος. Zonaras 18.24.26
πανυπερσεβάστου. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLIII, tit
πανυπερσεβάστου. Kecharitomene 1815
πανυπερσεβάστου. Sakkos (1166) 154.6
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Second Name
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Euphorbenos
Εὐφορβηνοῦ. Pantokrator Typikon 226
Katakalon, Katakalos
Κατακαλών. Zonaras 18.22.28
Phorbenos
Φορβηνὸς. Zonaras 18.24.26
Φορβηνοῦ. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLIII, tit
Kinship
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brother-in-law of
Anna 62
γαμβρὸς ἐπὶ τῇ μετ᾽ ἐμὲ ἀδελφῇ. Anna Komnene 289.60
brother-in-law of
Ioannes 2
γαμβροῦ. Pantokrator Typikon 226
father of
Alexios 25002
πατήρ. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLIII.a.10
(υἱοῦ). Sakkos (1166) 154.6
husband of
Maria 146
γαμβρὸς ἐπὶ τῇ μετ᾽ ἐμὲ ἀδελφῇ. Anna Komnene 289.60
(ἄλοχον). Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.19
son of
Konstantinos 123
υἱὸν. Zonaras 18.22.28
υἱός. Anna Komnene 289.59
son-in-law of
Alexios 1
γαμβρὸς. Zonaras 18.24.26
son-in-law of
Eirene 61
γαμβρόν. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.18
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